9.10 - Daddy-Daughter Camp Out

Each year our stake does a daddy daughter camp out.  Kyle was convinced (not by me, but by Brad and Blake) last minute that he should bring Hadley, after all she is a daughter and he is a daddy.  

Contrary to what you might deduct from this picture, the camp out was in fact ONE night.

Had woke up bright and early, so as to not wake up all of tent city, Kyle put her in his sleeping back with him.
I think we can count on two fingers the number of times Hadley has fallen asleep on one of us.

I should have given dad hat lessons..the bow goes on the side...

Attention, Attention!!!

I interrupt all this blogging about Hadley to bring you two important announcements!

Last Saturday Keith and Natalie's (Kyle's older sister) son Ezra was born!  Ezra has spent his first few days fighting an infection in the NICU, but is doing so much better and gets to go home soon! He is Hadley's FIRST first cousin!!! We cannot be more excited for Keith and Natalie and can't wait to meet the little guy in October!

Last night, my older brother Derek got engaged to the beautiful Molly Nelson.  I got to spend a little time with Molly in August while I was home for two weeks, and let me tell you, the are PERFECT for each other, she is the neatest, most talented girl!  Congrats you two!!!! 

9.6 - Sea World

Waaaay back on Labor day we went with the Farrs and Wintertons to Sea World.  Hadley loved spotting the fish and got it so much better than the last time we were there earlier this year.

8.31 - Los Doyers

Each year my work takes everyone to a Dodgers game and sits in the all-you-can-eat section.  I couldn't tell you who won or who we even played...keeping a toddler entertained in a 2 foot by 2 foot area is a lot of work! My favorite was when the guy next to us (in the black shirt) had a bag of popcorn, Hadley really wanted some, she kept begging and crying for some (we were in the smack middle of crowded row with probably 15 people on either side, or we would have got out and got our own...it was free) so he shared with her...haha.  But we had fun!  We rode the train/bus up to the game, so that made for TWO adventures in one night!

8.19 - I'm so glad when Daddy comes home!

After being away from Kyle for almost two weeks, it was so fun to have him back!

8.24 - Thanksgiving Point Petting Zoo

8.23 - Grandma Reba

Maybe this is selfish, but we are so happy Grandma Reba is now in Logan so that we can go visit each time we are in Utah! She looked so happy and healthy on this last visit; it was a joy to get to spend the afternoon with her.  We even snuck her out and went and got milkshakes at a drive thru down the street!

8.22 - Beauty is pain......for everyone

What takes 3 adults, 1 high chair, lots of treats, lots of toys, 2 books, wet wipes, 2 towels, a bottle of finger nail polish, and two little feet?

Ah, and I didn't even get a picture of the final product.  Poor Aunt Michelle's face got a little too close to all of the action {that is nail polish on her lip and chin!}

8.18 - Understatement of the year

The letter magnets on my parent's fridge changed from "Gpa loves Had" when we first go there to this by the time we left, haha! Oh, grandpa....

8.14 - Four Generations

While we were in Idaho in August, we were able to attend my cousin Warren and his wife Amy's wedding.  It was so neat to be able to be around my mom's side of the family twice within one month.  I don't think that has ever really happened for me.  I think that between the family reunion in July and this wedding I got to know my grandparents, especially my Grandma, on a whole new level.  She has the best sense of humor and cracks jokes left and right.  I learned about my grandparent's early years and how they ended up on a farm in Moses Lake.  I guess I figured my Grandpa was always a farmer, but he was actually a highly respected business man {he studied at Harvard at one point} who was sent to ML to get a large plant running.  His next move was supposed to be to San Francisco to the company's head quarters, but after visiting, he decided he did not want to move his young family {of seven children} to the big city.  Around that same time, a man in their ward passed away and my Grandpa was given the opportunity to purchase his farm.  So that's the story of how my Grandpa became a farmer...all of the details might not be 100% accurate, but that is the story as I remember it, haha.  My Grandma and Grandpa Jones are such good examples to me and I am honored to call them mine.

Hadley

For memory keeping purposes...read at your own risk:

Hadley is 14 months 1 week and 3 days old *she has short, thin, red mullet-esk hair; however, in a wind storm or after a rough nap it is revealed that her hair is easily 3 inches in some place...key word, some places *sometimes when you ask her her name she will say Hah lee or Hah du lee du lee du lee du lee*she can point out her eyes, ears, head, teeth, tongue, and toes *she refuses to point to her nose *she will tell you that a cow says boooo, a dog quietly says woof, a cat says neow, a lion says rarr, grandpa says rarr (Aunt Val taught her), and a sheep says baaaa *she currently tells you nnnnnO anytime you ask her anything; however, she politely says "take to" anytime you hand her anything *she refuses to say please, instead just puts her hands up and says ahh, ahh, ahh (or however you spell the whining sound) until you give her what she has in mind *she refers to anything that is round or circular as a ball...I love taking her to the grocery store and walking through the produce section, it is ball heaven there; the other day a lady corrected her and said, no, that is a tomato.  I just smiled.  I also love that now that she is in a forward facing car seat she can see the traffic lights and points and calls them balls too. *she just graduated to a forward facing car seat...much to Kyle's dismay. I honestly think he would prefer her to be rear facing until she is 3...IT'S SAFER.  It is just too bad that the car seat we got won't fit backwards in our cars. *she for sure has 10 teeth, possibly two more...it is very dangerous checking in that little mouth. *she loves to brush her teeth herself. Any time she sees us doing it she points to the drawer where hers is. *when she sees a picture of Jesus she points and says seesus *she calls Kyle daa daa *she calls me daa daa (she use to call me mah ma; don't know what happened) *she calls my dad bop pa *when we were with Papa Bart she kind of got confused when we said he was Grandpa too. Now every man is bop pa. *she loves daaaaww (dogs) since we have been in Idaho, the first thing she has said EVERY morning is daaawww as she points to go outside; bop pa then takes her out to see "say dee daaawww" *she calls her dolls and stuffed animals baby and holds them on her side and bonces them while saying shhh shh shh *she is quite the little dancer, she loves dancing to the opening credits of Gilmore Girls, commercials, and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.  We love turning on my Ipod and letting her haul it around dancing.  *she generally sleeps from 8pm to 7am and takes two, two hour naps*she loves holding keys and takes them to the door and tries to unlock it. *when I say one she will say two

As you can tell we obviously love her sooo much and can't imagine our lives without her.

Her words:  dada, mama, papa, baby, ball, keys, shoes, toes, eye, trey, no!, uh-oh, trah er (tractor), hi, bye, hello, tree, dog, puppy, Jesus, thank you, fish, bow....I am sure there are a few others I can't think of.

8.13 - Riding the trac-er

8.13 - Helping Grandpa

I am BEHIND!

I am about four months behind....it is making updating a very daunting task.  So for now, I will just put up the present items and work on the old things a little at a time. Maybe in another few months I will be completely caught up!   

6.9 - In case you ever wondered what Hadley looks like when she is talking to you on the phone